Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
- Mental Health Officer
- Water and Sanitation Specialist
- Medical Doctor
Mental Health Officer
Being a mental health officer (MHO) with MSF is an intense but rewarding job.
From providing psychological first aid to survivors of natural disasters to counselling HIV patients, our MHOs play a vital role in our projects. Trauma is often the most painful aspect of surviving a conflict or disaster, or living with a disease, and mental healthcare is vital for recovery.
Responsibilities
- Our MHOs often head a group of outreach workers and counsellors, providing care in the health facilities but also out in the community.
- It’s a challenging and exciting role and you would be responsible for some or all of the following:
- Doing a community mental health assessment
- Planning a mental health strategy
- Managing mental healthcare for an entire hospital/project
- Providing care for victims of sexual violence
- Supporting groups of displaced people
- Identifying and managing protection issues
Requirements
- Formal education and post qualification in one of the following: Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Social work (with additional psychological therapy qualification), Psychiatry (with additional psychological therapy qualification)
- Currently licensed to practice one of the above areas with independent licensed clinical practice
- Two year’s post-qualification experience
- Experience working in the field of HIV/AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sexual violence, Tuberculosis (TB) care
- Experience in managing and training mental health workers
- Experience in the clinical supervision of others and treating trauma related problems
- Experience with emergency mental health/crisis interventions
- A second language (preferably French, Arabic, Spanish or Portuguese)
- Able to work well as a part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
- Willing to work in unstable areas and ability to cope in a difficult and unpredictable environment
- Available for a minimum of nine to twelve months
- Minimum of three months’ work, volunteering or travelling experience in developing countries
- Fluency in English is essential, Arabic and French will be an asset
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Water and Sanitation Specialist
Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
- Being a water and sanitation specialist (WATSAN) with MSF is a diverse and stimulating job. From sourcing and delivering clean drinking water to thousands of people displaced by conflict in Nigeria, to siting and building latrines for people who have lost everything in an earthquake, MSF WATSANs are essential to ensure that people in desperate situations access the basic necessities to survive.
Responsabilities
Our WATSANs usually work in the project, and manage a variety of work including hospital waste management, health promotion and clean water provision.
It’s an exciting and diverse role and you would be responsible for some or all of the following:
- Managing a team of waste zone operators, hygiene promoters, WATSAN assistants and various others
- Sourcing and delivering clean water to populations in need
- Siting and constructing latrines and other sanitation facilities
- Managing hospital waste
- Supervising hygiene promotiom
Requirements
- Education in Civil Engineering, Water and Sanitation, Land and Water Management (preferably international), or similar
- Significant work experience in water and sanitation
- Experience in managing, supervising and training others
- Available for a minimum of nine months
- Minimum of three months’ work, volunteering or travel experience in developing countries
- Willingness to work in unstable areas
- Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
- Flexible and able to manage stress
- Able to provide training and supervision to others
- Fluency in English
Desirable
- Knowledge of Arabic and or French
- Experience working with INGOs
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Medical Doctor
Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Responsibilities
- Being a medical doctor with MSF can be a challenging role, and the needs are very diverse depending upon the project you work in. Medical doctors are based in the project, and will often care for people affected by health issues such as malaria, malnutrition, HIV/AIDs or TB, trauma, tropical diseases.
Apart from the Basic Requirements the successful candidate should fulfill the following criteria:
Essential
- Two years’ professional experience after registration
- Current or recent clinical experience
- Full registration (doctors without this will need to provide a transcript of training, from a recognised training faculty and proof of original registration in the country they are registered in)
- Available for a minimum of nine months
- Minimum of three months’ work, volunteering or travel experience in developing countries
- Willingness to work in unstable areas
- Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
- Able to provide training and supervision to others
- Fluency in English
- Diploma level of training in tropical medicine and/or infectious disease (especially TB and HIV/AIDS) from a recognised training provider
Desirable
- Minor surgical and obstetrical experience
- Managerial and supervisory experience
- Paediatric, ER or other specialisations
- French or Arabic
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